Chapter 119 A gentleman's word is his bond, but I am not a gentleman.

Gradually, the pain intensified, as if tiny snakes were desperately tearing through his flesh and burrowing into his internal organs.

"Holy shit, are you a pervert? Are you out of your mind?"

Jiang Peng shouted in terror.

He felt the little vines pushing deeper and deeper, and he became afraid, truly afraid.

This woman didn't kill him, but instead came up with this method, which is comparable to torture.

When Tao Yarong and the others saw them fly back, they quickly ran up to the rooftop and saw Jiang Peng screaming his heart out.

Thick vines bound him tightly, while thinner vines squeezed through the gaps and slowly grew downwards.

Bright red blood spread beneath him, dripping onto the hot cement floor, where it sizzled and evaporated, leaving a burnt, foul smell.

The thought of those thin vines piercing into the man's body made them grimace and stand there, feeling itchy all over.

"Stop, stop, stop! I'll talk, I'll talk, okay?"

Jiang Peng could not bear it any longer and had no choice but to compromise.

It was so painful; he didn't even want to imagine how much pain he would feel once the vines pierced his internal organs.

This is truly inhuman; killing him would be a relief.

Meng Shiwan withdrew her supernatural power, the vines stopped growing, and she stared at him, saying, "Speak."

Jiang Peng's head was spinning from the pain, and he felt like crying. "What did you just ask?"

Meng Shiwan frowned. "What is this black cube?"

Jiang Peng winced in pain, "I don't know."

Feeling the little snake inside him wriggling around again, he was about to cry. "My goodness, I really don't know! Even if you kill me, I still won't know!"

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Meng Shiwan continued to ask, "I don't know why you wanted to steal it?"

Jiang Peng replied, "It's a mission given to me by my superiors. They told me to follow you, that you'll find something very strange, and then I'll have to steal it back."

I saw the zombie king carrying this dark, unsightly thing and found it strange, so I just snatched it.

Meng Shiwan frowned even more deeply.

The more information there is, the more ambiguous it becomes.

Why would anyone know that she would find something strange, and even send someone to follow her and steal it?

Even she herself didn't know she would encounter this black cube.

She originally only came to collect seeds.

"Who are you talking about up there? Where are you from?"

Jiang Peng was silent for a moment, then said, "From the Chuangyuan Base, all I know is that the people above are paying special attention to you. They say that only by following you can we find this thing."

Only you will encounter this thing in the shortest amount of time, so just follow you and you can simply steal it in the end.

This is my task; I really don't know anything else, not even what this black cube is for.

"Chuangyuan Base?"

Meng Shiwan had been struggling to find a clue, but now she had finally found a breakthrough.

The people at the Chuangyuan Base definitely know more than she does; perhaps she can learn something there.

Meng Shiwan's gaze swept over Jiang Peng. "You're an intermediate-level ability user, right?"

Low-level wind-type ability users can only glide at low altitudes and cannot fly at all.

The person flying so freely in the air must be a mid-level superhuman.

According to the schedule, no intermediate-level superhumans have appeared in the more than one month since the apocalypse.

The others' strength increased dramatically because of the power-enhancing liquid, so why is this man so strong?

Seeing the other party nod, Meng Shiwan asked again, "How did you become so strong? You couldn't have evolved on your own, could you?"

Jiang Peng looked at Meng Shiwan with a complicated expression, "Why else? I became stronger the same way you became stronger."

This surprised Meng Shiwan. "Ability enhancement fluid?"

In the previous life, three years into the apocalypse, the base had not yet developed a decent ability-enhancing fluid.

Currently, there's been no news of any progress made by the base in terms of ability-enhancing fluids.

However, this Creation Base has already used the ability enhancement fluid to raise ability users to the intermediate level.

How did they manage to produce such an effective ability-enhancing fluid in just over a month after the apocalypse?

"Does your ability enhancement fluid have any side effects? Are all the ability users in your base very strong?"

If that's the case, she'll have to suppress her desire to try her luck at the Creation Base for the time being.

The Chuangyuan Base has been keeping an eye on her. They are very powerful, and if she goes there, she will never return.

Jiang Peng snorted, "I told you, can you let me go? I know you have a bad temper, but I only stole your things, and not even all of them. We don't have any major grudges, there's no need to kill me, is there?"

Besides, I've also given you so much useful information.

"Can."

Jiang Peng was surprised by Meng Shiwan's quick agreement. "Really?"

Meng Shiwan pursed her lips, "A gentleman's word is as good as his bond."

"Okay." With this assurance, Jiang Peng truly answered every question.

"Our ability enhancement fluid has no side effects. I've drunk several bottles and haven't had any problems. Our base's ability enhancement fluid is usually sold only to those within the base; one bottle can be exchanged for one hundred crystal cores."

For those with superpowers, obtaining crystal cores isn't that difficult; many can afford them even if they work themselves to the bone. Therefore, the superpowered individuals in our base are all quite strong.

"One hundred crystal cores for one?"

Meng Shiwan pondered, "How come the price is the same as the one sold by the system?"

Is it a coincidence?

She pressed further, "What does your power-enhancing fluid look like?"

Jiang Peng thought for a moment, "A small test tube, milky white."

Meng Shiwan's heart skipped a beat; not only were they priced the same, but they even looked identical.

The more Meng Shiwan knew, the more complicated things became.

What exactly is going on at the Creation Base? Why are there other people with the same ability-enhancing fluid as her?

Did you research it yourself?

Or is there someone else in the Chuangyuan Base who, like her, possesses a trading system?

This person provided the power-enhancing fluid to the base, which is why the Chuangyuan Base became so powerful.

Either possibility is beyond Meng Shiwan's understanding of this apocalyptic world.

Where is the Chuangyuan Base?

Jiang Peng was speechless. "We're not hiding from the world. The bases are interconnected. You can go back and ask around. Why are you asking me?"

Before he could finish speaking, a thick vine pierced his heart.

Jiang Peng was incredulous. "You said you wouldn't kill me."

Meng Shiwan shrugged. "A gentleman's word is his bond, not mine. I'm not a gentleman. When you were following me and trying to steal my things, you should have been prepared to die."

Jiang Peng's angry eyes slowly lost focus, and he lay motionless on the ground.

Meng Shiwan snorted coldly. They've already tried to take it from her, and they still think they can leave alive?

He didn't take it because he was weak. If he were stronger than her, would he have returned it?